Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
ISBN 13 : 9781230759548
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)
Book Synopsis Towns in Dane County, Wisconsin by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book Towns in Dane County, Wisconsin written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin, Berry, Wisconsin, Black Earth (town), Wisconsin, Blooming Grove, Wisconsin, Blue Mounds (town), Wisconsin, Bristol, Dane County, Wisconsin, Burke, Wisconsin, Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin, Cottage Grove (town), Wisconsin, Cross Plains (town), Wisconsin, Dane (town), Wisconsin, Deerfield (town), Dane County, Wisconsin, Dunkirk, Wisconsin, Dunn, Dane County, Wisconsin, Madison (town), Wisconsin, Mazomanie (town), Wisconsin, Medina, Wisconsin, Middleton (town), Wisconsin, Montrose, Wisconsin, Oregon (town), Wisconsin, Perry, Wisconsin, Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin, Primrose, Wisconsin, Roxbury, Wisconsin, Rutland, Wisconsin, Springdale, Wisconsin, Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin, Sun Prairie (town), Wisconsin, Vermont, Wisconsin, Verona (town), Wisconsin, Vienna, Wisconsin, Westport, Wisconsin, Windsor (town), Wisconsin, York, Dane County, Wisconsin. Excerpt: Roxbury is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,700 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Alden Corners and Roxbury are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Lutheran Hill is also located partially in the town. Roxbury has been called "Dane County's most historic township." Among its earliest recorded occurrences is the Battle of Wisconsin Heights, the penultimate engagement of the 1832 Black Hawk War between the United States militia and the Sauk and Fox tribes, led by Black Hawk. After being pursued from Illinois, Black Hawk's band took a stand against the militia just south of the Wisconsin River, in what is today the Town of Roxbury. Although Black Hawk's band took severe casualties, their stand allowed several hundred noncombatant Sauk and Fox to retreat to the Mississippi River which saved their lives. Five years later, Charles Floyd, an Eastern...